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Raising a = 5-year old is not easy. This morning my son told me that his ear = hurt.   I asked him, “Does it hurt on the inside or the = outside?”   He looked at = me quizzically, got up from breakfast, walked out the door and back in…

My six-year = old son came up to me and asked, “Mom, where does poo come = from?”    I was a little = uncomfortable, but gave him an honest explanation.  He looked a = little confused and stared at me in stunned silence for a few seconds. =  …

[This was one = of the first “serious” weekend blog messages I sent in 1996. = Updated a few players’ names.]   A basketball = in my hands is worth about $19. A basketball = in LeBron James’ hands is worth about $33 = million. It depends = whose hands…

Cowboy Joe was = telling his fellow cowboys back in the bunkhouse west of Kaycee about = his first visit to a big-city church in Casper.   "When I = got there, they had me park my old truck in the corral," Joe began. = "You mean = the parking…

According to = inside contacts, the Japanese banking crisis shows no signs of = ameliorating. If anything, it’s getting worse.   Following last = week’s news that Origami Bank had folded, we are hearing that Sumo Bank = has gone belly up.   Now, Bonsai Bank = plans to cut…

[After = seminary and a couple years full-time ministry as a big-city associate = pastor, my first “senior pastorate” was in Wild Rose, = Wisconsin (pop. 585) from 1972-78. Vote of 13-0 to issue me the call and = they sacrificed much to have/put up with us. I can never…

[Earthquakes = can strike without warning, and being prepared for such a disaster can = mean the difference between life and death. Here are some tips to help = you and your loved ones make it through a quake. Randy forwarded these = for grif net blog use 20 years…

Today I felt = “disflooriented”, that confused feeling when I = couldn’t recall what level of the parking garage I parked = on.   For = Christmas I got a free Air Guitar, no strings = attached.   I asked my = French friend if she likes to play video…

By dictatorial fiat of a few liberal judges, we = cannot give priority to the TEN COMMANDMENTS on which American Society = "used" to be based. But we do have a NEW SET of Commandments . = . .   1 – Thou shalt have no other God except thyself;…

[More simple Haiku poetry to help you thru computer = troubles]   Stay the patient course. Of little worth is anger. The network is down.   A = crash reduces Your expensive = computer To a simple = stone.   Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess…

[In Japan, computers have replaced the impersonal = and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with their own Japanese haiku = poetry. So how would that work in English?  Each only 17 = syllables. Actually “sounds” like a computer, = eh?]   A file that big? It might be very useful. But…

Wayne asked Mary, "Honey, what do you like most about = me–my rippling muscles, my winsome personality or my handsome = face?"Mary chuckled and answered, = "Your sense of humor!"   Mary called me yesterday, and when I answered, she said, = "Knock, knock!"I don’t like "Knock, = knock" jokes,…

[Friends and = former friends so enjoyed the three days of lame “Dad Jokes” = back a few weeks ago, that they sent us a few more. I added some of my = own, too. Any you laugh at are mine. (That’s a = joke).]   I like telling =…